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=Languages in Ireland= Ireland is a country that is predominantly bi-lingual, with English being the main language and the native language, Gaeilge, being the second language.

Nowadays in Ireland there is a number of multi cultural languages present because of the amount of immigrants which are now present in Ireland. The main reason behind this is the inclusion of many eastern European countries within the European Union. Languages such as Polish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Spanish and Japanese can now be heard around Ireland today.

Many Irish people speak two or more languages in Ireland. The following table shows the other languages that people in Ireland speak and the percentages;
 * ** Language ** || ** Percentage ** ||
 * French || 56.695% ||
 * German || 15.372% ||
 * Spanish || 5.424% ||
 * Italian || 0.457% ||
 * Latin || 0.226% ||
 * Japanese || 0.184% ||
 * Arabic || 0.265% ||
 * Russian || 0.369% ||
 * Latvian || 0.065% ||
 * Lithuanian || 0.125% ||
 * Dutch || 0.033% ||
 * Portugese || 0.055% ||
 * Polish || 0.108% ||
 * Romanian || 0.051% ||

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